The goal of the whole world: Omar Atzili's goal was the most powerful moment of the week

The perfect attack.

The kick, on the first touch.

The statement and the answer to Zahabi.

The controversial figure.

The grasp of the head, the feeling of shock, the "Xiao" test, the understanding that everything else is marginal.

Omar Azili's goal in the champion of champions illustrated all the complexity of football

Paz Hasdai

07/23/2022

Saturday, July 23, 2022, 08:00

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Omer Atzili gives Maccabi Haifa a 0:1 lead over Hapoel Beer Sheva (Sport 1)

At the rate of events, it seems like a year has passed since then.

This is a game of no real importance, another fabricated title, champion of champions, that happened a week ago.

Since then, four Israeli teams have played in official matches in Europe.

The World Championships in Athletics provided amazing moments.

Luna brought a medal.

Lewandowski wore the Barcelona shirt.

On the peaks of the Alps, there were tough fights between the Tour riders.

The reserve team did all kinds of things and made us watch basketball at inconvenient hours.

There really were a million events.

And yet, this moment.

This goal, by Omar Azili.

After 23 seconds, against Hapoel Beer Sheva.

Still, despite everything, it was the most powerful thing I experienced this week in sports.

First of all, let's start with the simplest test, the shout test.

The "Xiao!"

that spews out of the mouth without control.

The power of the exclamation of wonder.

Is there a more accurate measure?

And forgive me my beloved Shelley Ann Frazier Price, who at the age of 35 took the gold in the 100 meters at the World Championships.

Or Jonas Vingor who gives concerts in the mountains in Tor.

Or another list of respectable, real athletes who recorded historical achievements of significance and importance, certainly compared to the "Champion of Champions" game in our ugly Israeli league.

Everyone will forgive me.

None of them created this feeling of astonishment, of that noble goal, which made it 0:1 in a casual and unnecessary game, and made me put a hand on my head, to make sure it wouldn't fly.

The first time you touch the ball in the game do you bomb it into the connections?

Without feeling it a bit, giving a little, preparation, procrastinating? (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)

It really was a perfect goal.

A wonderful moment of football.

sports.

The attack in front, the release, the quick, sharp, efficient movement of the ball.

Nine passes, ball moving from side to side, opponent trying to press but unable to touch the ball.

Then Muhammad leaves with the heel, and Omar Atzil, with his first touch of the ball, bombards the connections with an unimaginable kick.

A strong, spinning, accurate kick.

It was impossible to relax.

We know football, we know the game, the limitations, we know how difficult it is, how rare it is, we ourselves have been on the grass, ran on the field, kicked the ball, seen great and noble players kicking into the sky from more comfortable positions.

But for one moment everything came together, and in this case it was in the opening 23 seconds of the match between the champion and her runner-up.

And more at his first touch.

The first!

It's true that he had a warm-up before, it's true that he's been training all week, but like this?

The first time you touch the ball in the game do you bomb it into the connections?

Without feeling it a bit, giving little preparation, procrastinating, as expected of you as an Israeli soccer player?

Maybe it was so amazing because it was Maccabi Haifa's first official game of the season, and there were quite a few doubts and question marks around it.

And for episodes during this break, it already seemed that Maccabi Tel Aviv was a sure champion after adding the two veteran legionnaires, and here we already have a new champion, and a new player of the season, and a new king.

So here comes Azili, and during the first, within 20 seconds, already with his first touch of the ball, dismantles this whole concept, with one magnificent kick.

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Calm the enthusiasm.

Noble vs. Zahavi (Photo: Walla! NEWS system, Gettyimages, Barney Ardov)

And maybe it's so loaded because it's Omer Atzili, the best player in the league in the last two years, who is not easy to praise.

It still evokes so many feelings at the same time.

One watches him, and also recognizes the rare talent, but does not forget the disgusting stories, the screenshots of the correspondence about the girls, the pathetic "apology".

On the one hand, he still arouses anger, for the ease and naturalness with which he renounced the "affair", and at the same time gives such a tremendous move, that as sports fans makes us want to salute, forget about everything around, just enjoy.

But it is not possible, and everything gets confused in the head, a mixture of disgust and admiration, feelings.

It goes without saying that a goal against the champion of champions will arouse emotions in us.

And maybe the story here is the game itself.

Not the champion of champions, but football.

This thing that drains hours from our lives, because of waiting for such moments.

There is no other game that can provide such a climactic moment, a single second of such an explosion.

The search for that special second leads to hours and hours when a person watches boring games, low-level episodes, consumes his life in front of the screen, hoping to recreate that surprising excitement, which you never know when it will arrive.

How much can we talk about formations and methods of play, when there is a player who scored such a goal in 20 seconds? (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)

It's a goal that puts in proportion the subsequent analyses, the interpretations of tactics and formations, really everything seems nonsense.

How much can one talk about three brakes or the diamond method, or a goal striker and players on the wings, when in the end the story can be decided in 20 seconds, with one kick.

At the same time, it's a goal that justifies the madness, the madness, the one in which a foreign player is killed and sent home after the first 20 minutes.

So no, it doesn't really matter that Maccabi Haifa later lost the game.

It doesn't matter that since then Azili hasn't done much.

It doesn't even really matter that after that, in the really important game, against Olympiakos, he was weak, injured and replaced.

What is really important is the short, small moment that is engraved and remains.

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